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ASSOCIATION. 




THE HULL COAT OF ARMS. 






AN APPEAL 



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TO THOSE BEARING THE 
NAME OF HULL. 



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HULL FAMILY ASSOCIATION. 



New York, Sept. 25, 1905. 

The subject of one's ancestry should be of absorbing interest to 
all who are possessed of family pride. 

" To trace one's lineage, to love and record the names and actions 
" of those without whom we could never have been ; who moulded 
" and made us what we are ; whom the very greatest of us must 
" know have propagated influences into our being which certainly 
" act upon our whole conduct in this world : all this is implied in an- 
" cestry." 

The ancestors of those bearing the name of HULL were among 
the settlers and founders of this country. They took part in the 
formation of the Government in the early Colonies as well as in the 
first war of the Colony of Connecticut against the Pequot Indians ; 
their descendants again served in King Philip's War, and later in the 
Colonial and Revolutionary War, and have held in both civic and 
military affairs of this country positions of which we may justly be 
proud. They certainly command our veneration and respect and 
have left a record worthy of perpetuation. 

With a view of stimulating greater interest in the name of HULL 
this Association has been formed. No pecuniary reward is looked 
for, but on the contrary much time and labor must be given gratuit- 
ously. The co-operation of all bearing the family name is necessary 
to make it a success . 

In the hope of awakening greater interest in this subject the 
Directors of this Association have decided to place before those bear- 
ing the name of HULL some of the earlier lines of three of the 
earlier New England settlers, viz : those of RICHARD HULL, of 
New Haven ; GEORGE HULL, of Dorchester, Windsor and Fair- 
field ; and REV. JOSEPH HULL, of Weymouth, Mass. From 
which of these are you a descendant? 

The church, probate and town records of the New England 
states are very complete down to about the close of the Revolution, 






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when there was a large emigration to other localities, and from about 
that time much difficulty is found in tracing family lines, as the facts 
depend almost wholly upon family records which have become scat- 
tered all over the country as the descendants have from time to time 
changed their places of residence in the march westward. 

The present generation is about the fourth from that time. It 
can be seen therefore that with the aid of our members in furnishing 
us the records of their own lines for at least three preceding genera- 
tions, a fairly complete record of many family lines can be made. 

There already exists a large amount of genealogical data of 
much value and interest to all bearing the name of HULL, which 
the Association will have collected and published as soon as suf- 
ficient money can be obtained from members to defray the expense 
of publishing. 

Will you not join the Association at once and send to it all the in- 
formation which you have or can obtain respecting your own line 
as far back as possible, to the end that a work may be compiled and 
published which will not only be of value to you but as well to all the 
other members, and of credit to the Association. This cannot be 
done without your aid. Hence the importance of your joining our 
Association now and sending to it all the data which you have or 
can obtain concerning your own line, giving names, dates and places 
of birth of ancestors as far back as possible, in order that the same 
may be collated and a sort of Clearing House for exchange of gen- 
ealogical data be established. The value of this information to all 
bearing the family name will be very great. It will enable the As- 
sociation to help supply many missing links in family histories. This 
is one of the important aims of the Association. Thus a family as- 
sociation becomes a Clearing House for Genealogical data, gaining 
in importance and value with age as each of the various descendants 
forward to it such data as they possess in their individual lines. 

Besides the HULLS of New England, there were emigrant set- 
tlers bearing the name of HULL, who came to New Jersey, Mary- 
land, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, some of whose descendants are 
members of the Association. 

Thus far those bearing the name of HULL have not shown that 
interest in this subject which it should receive. 

Shall it be said that the " HULLS " are so indifferent to the 
memory of their ancestors as to be unwilling to unite in the publica- 



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tion of their own family history, when our libraries are replete with 
the histories of most of the other early settlers ? 

The Trustees of the Association are : 

(Mrs Puella Hull Mason Washington, D. C. — ■ 

(Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler U. S. Army, Washington, D. C, 

George H. Hull. .. .Pres. Amer. Pig Iron Storage Warrant Co., 

44 Wall St., New York City. 

James W. Hull Pres. Berkshire Life Ins. Co., Pittsfield, Mass. 

George Hull Lumber Merchant, Saugus, Mass. 

George M. Hull Union Oil Co., Providence, R. I. 

Clinton T. Hull Post Office Dept, San Francisco, Cal. 

Edgar Hull Lawyer, Fort Edward, N. Y. 

Charles A. Hull Pres. N. Y. Fire Ins. Co., 72 Wall St., N. Y. 

John W. Hull Insurance, Tenafly, N. J. 

John B. Hull Retired, Stockbridge, Mass. 

Washington Hull Architect, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Herbert G. Hull Lawyer, 3 Broad St., N. Y. 

J. Hull Browning Capitalist, 199 Chambers St., N. Y. 

Wolcott A. Hull Insurance, 247 W. 125th St., N. Y. 

Frank S. Hull. . .Vice-Pres. and Treas. Newburgh Journal Co., 

NeWburgh, N. Y. 

Henry A. Hull Retired, New Brunswick, N. J. 

Frederick T. Aldridge. .. .Secty. L. I. Loan & T. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. 

The Officers of the Association for the year 1905-6 are: 

President James W. Hull, Pittsfield, Mass. 

First Vice-President Edgar Hull, Fort Edward, N. Y. 

Second Vice-President George H. Hull, 44 Wall St., N. Y. 

Secretary J. Hull Browning, 199 Chambers, St., N. Y. 

Treasurer Herbert G. Hull, 3 Broad St., N. Y. 

The Trustees about equally represent the three emigrant ances- 
tors, Richard, Rev. Joseph, and George, and are divided into three 
classes of six each, to serve one, two and three years respectively. 

The annual meetings of the Association are held on the second 
Tuesday of June in each year. 

The Constitution provides that: " Any person of lawful age, of 
" good moral character and reputation, who is lineally descended in 
" the male or female line from an ancestor bearing the name of Hull, 
" shall be eligible to membership in the Association." 

The annual dues are three dollars, but any person may become a 
life member upon payment of twenty-five dollars. A number have 
already become life members. 



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In the hope that you will become a member, we herewith send 
you a blank application for membership and a genealogical chart, 
which we trust you will fill out and return to the Association. 

Will you kindly send to the Secretary, Mr. J. Hull Browning, 
the names and addresses of such persons as you think would wish to 
join the Association, and fill out and send to him the enclosed gen- 
ealogical chart, and send to the Treasurer, Mr. Herbert G. Hull, the 
enclosed application for membership with three dollars for annual 

dues. 

Respectfully yours, 

J. Hull Browning, Sec'y, 

No. 199 Chambers Street, 

New York City. 
Herbert G. Hull, Treasurer, 

No. 3 Broad Street, 

New York City. 



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GEORGE HULL. 

Geokge Hull, probably born at or near Krewkerne, Somerset, Eng., about 
1500; married at Krewkerne, Eng., Thamzen Micbell, of Stockland, Aug. 27, 
1614. 

Sailed from Plymouth, March 30, 1629-30, in ship "'Mary & John," with a 
notable company. Among others by same ship were Roger Ludlow, Mason, 
the destroyer of the Pequots, Underhill, Southcote, Smith, Ministers Maver- 
ick and Wareham, also Humphrey Pinney, who married Hull's daughter 
Marie, and a goodly company. Settletd at Dorchester; made Freeman of 
Massachusetts March 4, 1632; representative to General Court, May, 1634; one 
of first Selectment of Dorchester. 

Removed to Windsor, Conn., 1636. Surveyed that place, also Weathers- 
field ; was Representative to the General Court which met at Hartford, May 
1, 1637, and declared war against the Pequot Indians. 

In 1638, he, jointly with Roger Ludlow, was granted by the General Court 
a Monopoly of the Fur trade on the Connecticut River; was member of the 
General Court from 1637 to 1646, when he removed to Fairfield ; was Repre- 
sentative of that place to General Court from 1649 to 1654. The historian 
Trumbull places his name among those Worthy of Perpetuation ; and Stiles, 
in his History of Windsor, tells us that he was a citizen of Worth and Dis- 
tinction. 

After the death of his first wife, he married, about 1646, Sarah, widow of 
David Phippen, of Boston. His will was admitted to probate Nov. 20, 1659. 
He left the following children: 

SECOND GENERATION. 

1. Josiah, bapt. Krewkerne, Eng., Nov. 5, 1620; removed with his father 
from Dorchester to Windsor, where May 20, 1640, he married Elizabeth, dau. 
of Joseph Loomis. Removed to Killingworth, Conn., 1622-3. Was there 
elected first Town Clerk. Was Lieutenant of Train Band, and member of the 
Grand Jury. He was Deputy to the General Court 1659, 1660-2-67-74. He 
died at Killingworth Nov. 16, 1675. 

2. Cornelius, born in England about 1626. Came to Dorchester with his 
parents 1629-30; to Windsor, 1636; to Fairfield, 1646; married, Nov. 19, 1653, 
Rebecca, dau. of Rev. John Jones. He was, like his father, a surveyor by pro- 
fession and a large land owner. He was Deputy to the General Court eight 
years, 1658-67; was Lieutenant for Fairfield Co., May, 1661 ; Lieutenant in 
King Philip's War, 1675. As a reward for his services he was granted by the 
Town of Fairfield a tract of land. Died about Oct., 1695. 

3. Elizabeth, married Samuel Gaylord, of Simsbury. 

4. Mary, married Humphrey Pinney, of Dorchester, who removed to 
Windsor with his father-in-law, George Hull. 

5. Martha. 

6. Naomi. 



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THIRD GENERATION. 
The children of Josiah Hull, of Killingworth, (eldest son of George). 

1. Lieut. Josiah, horn Sept. 6, 1642; married Elizabeth . He 

died Sept., 1670. His widow married 2nd, Tallmadge, and she died 

Oct. 2, 1677. 

2. Lieut. John, b. Dec. 17, 1644; m. Abigail Kelsey, Dec. 3, 1668; who d. 
May 12, 1717. He d. July 24, 1728. 

3. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 18, 1647. 

4. Mary, b. Oct. 2, 1648 ; m. John Grant, son of Matthew Grant, of Wind- 
sor, Aug. 2, 1666. 

5. Martha, b. June 10, 1650; m. John Nettleton, May 29, 1669. He d. 
March 18, 1691. 

6. Joseph, b. at Windsor, Aug. 10, 1652; m., . He 

and his brother Lieut. John, were granted lands for their services in King 
Philip's War. He d. 1694. His widow m. John Mentor. 

The following were born at Killingworth : 

7. Sarah, b. April 9, 1654. 

8. Naomi, b. Feb. 17, 1656-7; m. Thomas Burnham, Jan. 4, 1676-7. She 
d. Mch. 15, 1726. 

9. Rebecca, b. Aug. 10, 1659. 

10. George, b. April 28, 1662 ; d. Sept., 1670. 

11. Thomas, b. May 29, 1665; m. Hannah Sheather, Dec. 10, 1685, who d. 
1714. He d. 1720. 

His descendants for several generations resided at Killingworth, New 
Haven, Durham, Guilford and Madison, Conn., and later some of them re- 
moved to Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, California, Wisconsin and 
Vermont. Among his descendants are : 

John B. Hull, Stockbridge, Mass. 
Horace Hull, Ottawa, 111. 
H. Augustus Hull, Sauquiot, N. Y. 
Henry W. Hull, Montello, Wis. 
Mrs. Samuel D. Hull, Gilford, Wis. 
Miss Ann M. Hull, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
Willoughby A. Hull, Deer River, Conn. 
George I. Hull, Saugus, Mass. 
Herbert G. Hull, New York City. 
George H. Hull, Cambridge, Mass. 
A. C. Beckwith, Elkhorn, Wis. 
Mrs. Frederick R. Peckham, Utica, N. Y. 
Henry Proudfit, Jamestown, N. Y. 
Wolcott A. Hull, New York City. 



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Children of Lieut. Cornelius Hull, (second son of George). 

i. Samuel, m. (i), Deborah Beers; (2), Jane (Hubbell) Frost. 

2. Cornelius, Jr., b. at Fairfield, about 1654-5; m. Sarah Sanford, dau. 
of Ezekiel Sanford. He d. May 7, 1740. He was the founder of Hull's 
Farms. 

3. Theopkilus, m. Mary Sanford, sister of Sarah, wife of Cornelius, Jr. 

4. Rebecca. 

5. Sarah, m. Robert Silliman, ancestor of Prof. Robt. Silliman. 

6. Martha, m. Cornelius Seator. 

Among the descendants of Cornelius, of Fairfield, were Lieut. Jedediah 
Hull, who was at Crown Point, and stood beside Gen. Montgomery when he 
fell at Quebec, 1775. The Hulls of Fairfield were large land owners and of 

influence and distinction. 

Among the descendants of Cornelius Hull are : 

Clinton T. Hull, San Francisco, Cal. 

Mrs. Georgiana Hull Parsons, Stamford, Conn. 

Mr. George F. Hull, Bridgeport, Conn. 

Mr. Frederick A. Hull, Danbury, Conn. 

Miss Ella V. Hull, Danbury, Conn. 

Mrs. Laura B. Rundle, Danbury, Conn. 

Miss Mary E. Birchard, Mill Plain, Conn. 

Mrs. Mary J. Sherwood Wakeman, Southport, Conn. 

Mrs. J. Dimon Bradley, Southport, Conn. 

Mr. Halbert D. Hull, Troy, N. Y. 

Mr. Harvey Hull, West Burlington, N. Y. 

Mrs. Pratt G. Smith, Utica, N. Y. 

Mrs. Wrilson S. Tifft, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Mr. Will Buell Hull, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Mrs. Emma Buell Lee, Benton Center, N. Y. 

Mr. Myron A. Hull, Brooklyn, N. Y. 

Mr. A. H. Dakin, Jr., 370 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York City. 

Mrs. Phebe A. Vary, Newark, N. Y. 

Mr. Morton Denison Hull, Chicago, 111. 

Miss Julia E. Hull, Stillman Valley, 111. 

Mrs. Helen M. Vars, Edelstein, 111. 

Dr. W. A. Croffutt, Washington, D. C. 

Mr. Frederick B. Hull, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Rev. Cyrus B. Hull, Newville, Cal. 

Mrs. Minnie Flood. Newville, Cal. 

Mr. Theodore B. Hull, Tudor, Cal. 

Dr. Henrv A. Hull, New Brunswick, N. J. 

Arthur D. Hull. 531 Mission Street, San Francisco, Cal. 

George W. Hull, Fort Ann, New York. 

Edgar Hull, Fort Edward, New York. 



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RICHARD HULL. 

Richard Hull (or Hulls), of New Haven, Conn., came from Derbyshire, 
England, about 1635. The name was originally spelled " Hulls," and the 
final " s " was dropped by his descendants. 

His name is in the list of freemen in the Massachusetts Colony prior to 
1639; also in -the list of those who took the oath of fidelity ito the Colonies. 
He lived in Dorchester, Mass., in 1634; sold his house and ground there in 
1637, and lived in Boston awhile, and then moved to New Haven, Conn., in 
1639, of which town he was one of the founders. He lived on what is now 
Chapel Street about two blocks from " the green." 

He was admitted to the General Court of Connecticut in 1639. He left 
property and money when he died, as shown by his will, dated Aug., 1662. 
He died Dec. 3rd, 1662. The name of his wife has not yet been found. He 
was a member of the Church but not a believer in Puritanism. His descend- 
ants married into many of the most prominent families of their time. Notably 
the Andrews, Merriman, Peck, Porter, Moss, Hall, Doolittle, Walker, Lewis, 
Strong, Clapp, Wright, Ford, Beach, Bennett, Cook, Stebbins, Ives, Clark, 
Royce, and Hopkins families. They have filled prominent places in the list 
of army and navy officers, physicians, clergymen, lawyers and business men 
in each generation. Prominent among these are Commodore Isaac Hull, the 
hero of the Constitution ; Capt. Joseph Hull, a man of reckless courage ; Gen. 
William Hull, one of the best andbravest officers of his timej whose record 
though for a time under a cloud, was finally thoroughly cleared of all re- 
proach by an examination of the official record's, whicrh had not been accessible 
theretofore. 

Admiral Andrew Hull Foote, who commanded our riaval forces at Fort 
Donelson and Island No. 10. General Elias Hull, of Georgia, who was very 
prominent in the War of 1812. General Joseph Wheeler, the distinguished 
Southern leader, who also took a prominent part in the Spanish War. Judge 
Andrew Hull, Drs. Titus and Amos Hull, and many others. 

Promptness and decision have always been strong traits of the Hulls, and 
it is hoped that Richard's descendants will prove that they still possess these 
qualities by promptly joining the Hull Family Association, and furnishing the 
Association with all the family data they have or can obtain. 

SECOND GENERATION. 

1. Jeremiah, of New Haven, m. Hannah Baldwin, of Milford, Conn., in. 
1658, and d. June 13, 1700, leaving eight children. 

2. Dr. John, b. 1640, New Haven; m. (1), Mary Merwin (?), (2), Mary 
Jones, 1672; (3), Rebecca Turner, 1699, and d. Dec. 6, 171 1. Planter, Strat- 
ford, 1661. Removed to Derby, 1668. Prominent in church and town mat- 
ters. Removed to Wallingford 1687, where he owned about 1,500 acres of 
land. Was granted 700 acres by the General Assembly for services in King 
Philip's War. Selectman, Derby, 1677-80-3-7, and member General Assembly. 

3. Hannah, b. 1642, New Haven ; m. Edmond Dorman, 1662. 

4. Mary, m. John Jackson, 1654. 



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THIRD GENERATION. 

The eight children of Jeremiah Hull were Jeremiah, Hannah, Mary, 
John, Elizabeth, Joseph, Sarah and Martha. 

The children of Dr. John Hull were : 

1. John, b. Stratford, 1662; m. Mary Jacobs. Representative, Selectman, 
lived in Derby, d. 1753. 

2. Samuel, b. 1663; m. Deborah Beers, of Fairfield. 

3. Mary, b. 1664 ; m. John Prindle. 

4. Capt. Joseph, lb. 1668, Derby; m. (1), 1691, Mary Nichols, dau. oT 
Isaac Nichols; (2), 1735, Hannah (Batsford) Prindle. Representative, Cap- 
tain of Militia. Had large interests in Derby; died 1744. Ancestor of Com. 
Isaac Hull of the " Constitution." 

5. Dr. Benjamin, b. 1672, Stratford, m., 1693, Elizabeth Andrews, dau. 
of Samuel and Elizabeth (Peck) Andrews, of New Haven; she d. 1732. He 
■was a prominent physician in Wallingford ; d. Mar. 3, 1741. 

6. Ebenezer, b. 1673, Derby; m., 1706, Lydia Mix, dau. of John Mix, of. 
New Haven, and d. 1709. One dau., Hannah, b. 1707. 

7. Richard, b. 1678, Derby. Moved to Wallingford. 

8. Dr. Jeremiah, b. 1679, Derby; m., 171 1, Hannah Cook, dau. of Samuel 
and Hope (Parker) Cook, of New Haven. She d. 1741. He d. 1736, at 
Wallingford, Conn. 

9. Archie, or Andrew, b. 1685, Derby. 

FOURTH GENERATION. 

The children of John Hull, the son of Jeremiah, were, Lydia, Mary, Han- 
nah, John, James, Sarah, Mercy and Ebenezer. 

The children of Joseph Hull, the son of Jeremiah, were, Joseph, Daniel, 
Benjamin, Abner and Lydia. 

The children of John Hull, son of John, were : 

1. Deborah, b. 1691, Derby; d. 1772. 

2. John, b. 1693. 

3. Daniel, m. 1732, Elizabeth Lum (or Lane), of Derby. 

4. Miles, b. 1700; m., 1729, Mary Tuttle; settled in Wallingford. 

5. Ebenezer, b. 1709; m. 1731, Hannah Bates. 

6. Mary. 

7. Martha. 

8. Priscilla. 

The children of Captain Joseph Hull, son of John, were: 

1. Samuel, b. 1692, Derby ; m. 1724, Anna Riggs, dau. of Capt. John 
Riggs; she d. 1731. He was a partner in the old Hull Mill. 



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2. Capt. Joseph, b. 1694, Derby; m. (1), Bertha ; (2), Sarah 

. He d. 1778. She d. 1792. He was Representative. 



3. Caleb, b. 1695, Cheshire, Conn.; m. Mercy Benham, 1724; she d. 1766. 
Was Ensign in Revolution, and marched with his company to relief of Bos- 
ton, when eighty years old ; d. 1788. 

4. Abijah, b. 1697; m. 1727, Abigail Hargar, of Derby. 

5. Andrew, (or Archie), b. 1698. 

6. Sarah, b. 1701 ; m. William Beach, of Stratford. 

7. Mary, m., 1720, Timothy Russell, of Derby. 

8. Elizabeth (?) 

The children of Dr. Benjamin Hull, son of John, were: 

1. Andrew, b. 1694; d. l 7 l 7- 

2. Mary, b. 1696 ; m. Ebenezer Bronson. 

3. Elizabeth, b. 1698; m. Nathaniel Meriman. 

4. Demaris, b. 1700; m. Elnathan Sweet, 1722. 

5. Dr. John, b. 1702; m. Sarah Ines, 1727. 

6. Abigail, b. 1704 ; m. Ensign Eliasaph Merriman. 

7. Capt. Samuel, b. 1706; m. Sarah Hall, 1733. Capt. of Militia. Re- 
sided in Cheshire; d. 1789; she d. 1763. 

8. Sarah, b. 1710; m. Samuel Hall, 1733. 

9. Dr. Benjamin, b. 1712; m. Hannah Parmalee, 1735. 
The children of Dr. Jeremiah Hull, son of John, were: 

1. Dr. John, b. 1712; m. Mary Andrews, 1735. 

2. Moses, b. 1714; d. 1736. 

3. Tabitha, b. 1717. 

4. Hannah, b. 1720. 

5. Anna. 

6. Jeremiah, b. 1729; m. Mary Merriman, 1753. She d. 1774. He m. 
again and d. 1790. 

7. Joseph, b. 1733 ; m. Hannah Corbitt, 1754. 

8. Patience, b. 1735. 

9. Keturah. 

Among the descendants of Richard Hull are : 

Mrs. Puella Hull Mason, Washington, D. C, who compiled a record of his 
descendants; George H. Hull, of Tuxedo Park, N. Y. ; Darwin R. Aldridge, 
New York; Walter H. Aldridge, Trail, N. C. ; and Frederick T. Aldridge, 
Brooklyn. 



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REV. JOSEPH HULL. 

_ Joseph Hull, born in Somersetshire, 1594, of Weymouth, Mass., 1635, of 
York, Me., 1642-3. His first wife, name unknown, died in England, and he 

married again , about 1635, and died at York, Me., Nov. 19, 1665, 

leaving issue by both wives. 

He matriculated at St. Mary Magdalen Hall, Oxford, May 12, 1612, aged 
17. He was instituted Rector of Northleigh, Diocese of Exeter, Devonshire, 
April 14, 1621. On March 20th, 1635, he sailed with his family, consisting of 
his wife Agnes, aged 25 years, who was his second wife, and two sons and 
five daughters, and three servants, from Weymouth, bound for New England, 
with a company composed of sixteen families and numbering one hundred and 
four persons, chiefly west country people. They arrived in Boston Harbor, 
May 6th, 1635. 

On their arrival at Boston, a grant was obtained to establish a plantation 
at Wessaguscus, and here, with others from Boston and Dorchester, they soon 
gathered into a church organization, with Mr. Hull as their pastor. 

In September of the same year, Mr. Hull, with other prominent members 
of his community, took the Freemen's oath, and their plantation was erected 
into a Township and " decreed hereafter to be called Weymouth." 

The new church did not meet with favor from its Puritan neighbors. Dis- 
sension quickly arose within the church itself, instigated by the authorities 
outside, and, in less than a year, the Separatists had called the Rev. Thomas 
Jenner, of Roxbury, to be their pastor, and Mr. Hull relinquished his charge 
and withdrew. 

He obtained a grant of land in Hingham, the adjoining town, and after a 
brief season of preaching at Bass River, now Beverly, he gave up his minis- 
terial labor and turned his attention to civic affairs. 

He evidently possessed the confidence of his fellow townsmen, for he was 
twice elected Deputy to the General Court, and in 1638 was appointed one of 
the local Magistrates of Hingham. 

In June, 1639, the Plymouth Court granted authority to Mr. Joseph Hull 
and Thomas Dimoc to erect a plantation at Barnstable on Cape Cod. 

Mr. Hull was elected Freeman and Deputy for Barnstable at the first Gen- 
eral Court held at Plymouth. 

For a time he supported his family by agriculture and the raising of cat- 
tle and horses. Turning once more to the ministry, he preached for a time at 
the " Isle of Shoals." Returning to Barnstable he accepted a call at Yar- 
mouth, and moved his family there; but as the call was not for a recognized 
church organization, it aroused the hostility of the authorities, and Mr. Hull 
was excommunicated by the Barnstable Church in 1641. He withdrew to the 
more friendly association of the Maine colony. For a time he was settled at 
the Isle of Shoals, and in 1643 was called to York, Maine, as minister. 

In 1652, Mr. Hull returned to England, and was given the living at " St. 
Burian," in Cornwall, where he remained until after the Restoration. 

In 1662, he returned to America, and was settled as minister at Oyster 
River, now Dover, N. H. Here, among his old friends, he passed the closing 



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.years of his life in quietness and esteem. He died at the Isles on November 
19, 1665, in his seventy-first year. 

An interesting account of Mr. Hull and his ministry is contained in the 
"'Barnstable papers," written by Hon. Amos Otis. 

SECOND GENERATION. 

The children of the Rev. Joseph Hull were : 

1. Johanna, b. England, 1620; m. Nov. 28, 1637, at Sandwich, Mass., Col. 
John Bursley, of Barnstable. He d. 1660, leaving a large estate. She m. 2d, 
Dolor Davis. 

2. Joseph, b. England, 1622, settled at York, Me. Probably was the fath- 
er of Phineas and Dodivah, of York, Me., and John, of Saco, all of whom died 
without issue. 

3. Capt. Tristam, b. England, 1624; m. Blanche ; d. at 

Barnstable, Feb. 22, 1662. He was fined in Feb., 1656-7, for relieving some 
persecuted Quakers, of Boston. He joined the Society of Friends. 

4. Temperance, b. England, 1664. 

5. Elizabeth, b. England, 1626; m. Captain John Heard, 1643, at York, 
Me. She d. Nov. 30, 1706. In 1688, she 'was taken captive by the Indians, 
who, as a reward for her former kindness to them, spared her life. The story 
of her captivity and heroic life is historic. 

6. Grisselda, b. England, 1630; m. (1), James Warren, of Kittery. 

7. Dorothy, b. England, 1632. 

8. Benjamin, b. Hingham, 24 Mch., 1638-9; m. Hannah Fernside, of Dux- 
bury. He was active in Indian wars, and was ancestor of the Hulls of New 
Hampshire. 

9. Naomi, b. Barnstable, Mch. 23, 1639-40. 

10. Ruth, b. Barnstable, May 9, 1641. 

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THIRD GENERATION. 
Children of Tristam. 

1. Mary, b. Yarmouth, Sept. 16, 1645 ; m. Joseph Holley, of Sandwich. 

2. Sarah, b. March, 1650, at Barnstable; m. Robert Burgess, of Linn(?) . 

3. Joseph (Hull), b. Barnstable, June, 1652; m. Experience, dau. of Rob- 
ert Harper, Oct. 1676, who was one of the first of the Quakers to suffer in 
body and estate, and was in 1660 banished from Boston. He removed to 
South Kingston, R. I., where he died about 1709. 

4. John, b. Barnstable, Mch., 1654; m. in London, Oct. 23, 1684, Alice 
Tideanann. 

5. Hannah, b. Barnstable, Feb., 1656; m. Joseph Blish, Sept. 15, 1674. 
She died Nov. 15, 1733. 



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The children of Johanna Hull Bursley were: 

i. Mary, b. July 29, 1643; m. John Crocker, son of Deacon William 
Crocker, of Barnstable, April 29, 1663. 

2. Johanna, b. Mch. 1, 1640; m. in 1662, Deacon Shubael Dimmock, of 
Barnstable. They removed to Mansfield, Conn. She died about 1674. 

3. Elizabeth, b. May 25, 1649; m. 1660, Nathaniel Goodspeed; tn. (2d), 
Increase Class, of Barnstable, Oct., 1675. 

4. John, b. April n, 1664; m. Dec, 1675, Elizabeth Howland, whose par- 
ents were two of the Mayflower emigrants. He d. 1725. 

5. Temperance, m. Dec, 1660, Joseph Crocker. 

6. Jem mima, m. Dec. ? Shuabel Dimock, widower of her sister Johan- 
na. She d. May 8, 1727, aged 83. 

The children of Elizabeth Heard : 

1. Benjamin, b. Feb. 22, 1644; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thos. Roberts. 

2. William, d. Nov. 1, 1675 ; no children. 

3. iMary, b. Jan. 26, 1650; m. John Ham, of Cocheco, May 6, 1668. She 
d. 1706. 

4. Abigail, b. Aug. 2, 165 1 ; m. Jenkin Jones. 

5. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 15, 1653; m. James Nuts, and (2) William Furber. 

6. 'Hannah, b. Nov. 25, 1655 ; m. John Nason, Nov. 6, 1674. 

7. John Heard, b. Feb. 24, 1659; his wife Phebe was killed by Indians, 
July 4, 1687; he m. 28th July, 1698, Jane, widow of Joseph Litchfield. 

8. Samuel, b. Aug. 4, 1663 ; m., 1686, Experience (dau. of Richard) Otis. 

9. Tristam, m. Mch. 4, 1667; had wife Abigail. His house ambushed in 
May, 1704, and his son Tristam killed in 1723. 

10. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 20, 1666; d. in 1700; left widow Sarah, who m. 
William Foss. 

11. Dorcas, unmarried in 1687. 

The children of Benjamin, son of Joseph, were: 

1. Elizabeth, b. 9 Sept., 1673. 

2. Joseph, b. 31 Mch., 1676. 

3. Dodirah, b. 31 Dec, 1681. Sea captain of Portsmouth; d. prior to 1716. 

4. Reuben, b. Aug. 2, 1684. His name is found in the early records of 
Rockingham, N. H. 

5. Sarah, b. 25th Sept., 1686. 

6. Mary, b. 1 Sept., 1688. 

The descendants of Rev. Joseph were many of them members of the Society 
of Friends. 



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Tristam Hull, a great-grandson of Rev. Joseph, married Elizabeth Dyer, 
whose mother Mary was hanged in Boston Common, June I, 1660, for the 
crime of being a Quakeress. 

The descendants of Tristam Hull were among the settlers of Providence, 
Newport, South Kingston, Jamestown, R. I. Some removed to the Carolinas. 
We find some settled at Burlington, West Jersey, Greenwich, Conn. ; Sanford- 
ville, N. Y. ; Block Island, New York City, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Among them 
were Col. Robert B. Hull, whose manuscript concerning Rev. Joseph Hull, is 
a work worthy of publication; Oliver Hull, of New York, who wrote the 
" Book of the Hull? ;" James W. Hull, of Pittsfkld, Mass. ; J. Hull Browning, 
of New York; Geo. W. Hull, of Providence, R. I.; Washington Hull, of 
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Franklin Hull, of New York; Mrs. Cornelia H. Cary, Brook- 
lyn, N. Y.; John W. Hull, of New York; Charles A. Hull, of New York; 
Allen H. Bagg, Pittsfield, Mass. 



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